CVE-2001-1117

LinkSys EtherFast BEFSR41 Cable/DSL routers running firmware before 1.39.3 Beta allows a remote attacker to view administration and user passwords by connecting to the router and viewing the HTML source for (1) index.htm and (2) Password.htm.

Published: 2001-08-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1117 is rated Moderate Risk (47/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.84%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1117

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.51% 1.84% +0.33%
2 2025-05-07 0.93% 1.51% +0.59%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.93% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1117

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1117

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1117

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linksys befsr41 1.35 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befsr41:1.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys befsr41 1.36 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befsr41:1.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys befsr41 1.37 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befsr41:1.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linksys befsr41 1.38.5 cpe:2.3:h:linksys:befsr41:1.38.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1117

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